Taking simple precautions can help prevent pain and injury, doctors say
SATURDAY, July 4 (HealthDay News) -- While baby boomers are not as young as they used to be, exercise is just as important as ever, but certain precautions are in order to stay injury-free.
"As boomers age, ...

LEXINGTON, Ky., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- If previous Father's Day gifts have included a "My Dad Is #1" T-shirt, then it's time to start thinking outside of the box. You've heard him complain about his old football injury and stiff back for too long, so now is the time to help him out with a gift th...

FDA says it's an improvement over fusion surgery
THURSDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) -- A total ankle replacement system that may preserve some range of motion in arthritic or deformed ankles has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The Scandinavian Total Ankle Repl...

New York personal injury lawyer David Perecman questions the presence of an unfenced skylight near a rooftop playground.
New York, NY (PRWEB) May 28, 2009 -- A girl falls 30 feet through a skylight and New York personal injury lawyer David Perecman knows that this is ...

CenTrak , a leading provider of Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) for tracking equipment and people indoors, today announced that it has installed over 6 million square feet of its market-leading hybrid certainty-based Gen2IR™ and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system in hospitals a...

WASHINGTON, May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mary Wilson, founding member of the world's most famous female trio, the Supremes, entertained a crowd of nearly 500 at the Lupus Foundation of America's Butterfly Gala -- Sixth Annual Awards Dinner on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 with her signature flair a...

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- CSG/SportsCoatings,
today announced approximately 10 million square feet of synthetic turf will
be treated with its industry-leading antimicrobial coating, TurfAide(TM),
in 2008 -- up from 1.5 million square feet in 2007.
The exponential increas...

...ling time and reduce the amount of pain that a patient suffering from a serious foot ulcer would normally experience. This includes open sores on the feet as a result of inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes or skin cancer. The study results will be released at the American Podiatric Medical Association'...

...regular practice due to the difficulty in maneuvering an endoscope through the long, tortuous path in the body. The small intestine is about 20 to 23 feet long and other methods for reaching and studying its full length, whether starting through the mouth (antegrade) or the colon (retrograde), have prove...

...d to receive 0.1% or 0.2% topical clonidine gel or placebo gel, and remained on their existing pain management treatments. The gel was applied to both feet twice daily for the first two weeks and three times a day for six weeks. Participants rated their pain throughout the study.
About Painful Diab...

...cal leg ischemia, a condition where not enough blood is being delivered to the leg to keep the tissue alive. Total loss of circulation to the legs and feet can cause gangrene and lead to amputation.
About the SilverHawk Plaque Excision System
The SilverHawk Plaque Excision System is a catheter-...

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Flat feet is an informal reference to a medical condition in which the arch of the foot collapses, with the entire sole of the foot coming into complete or near-complete contact with the ground. In some individuals the arch... Product to relieve problems associated with flat feet or prona...

... A wart is generally a small, rough tumor, typically on hands and feet but often other locations, that can resemble a cauliflower or a solid blister. Warts are common, and are caused by a viral infection, specifically...

... A wart is generally a small, rough tumor, typically on hands and feet but often other locations, that can resemble a cauliflower or a solid blister. Warts are common, and are caused by a viral infection, specifically b...

Cane toads weren't allowed to compete in the Olympics, but scientists have raced cane toads in the laboratory and calculated that they would not be able to invade Melbourne, Adelaide or Hobart and are unlikely to do well in Perth or Sydney, even with climate change.
According to research by Dr ...

Somewhere in the murky past, between four and seven million years ago, a hungry common ancestor of todays primates, including humans, did something novel. While temporarily standing on its rear feet to reach a piece of fruit, this protohominid spotted another juicy morsel in a nearby shrub and b...

... result from ongoing development of the southwestern Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale formation, which is reported to contain more than 300 trillion cubic feet of natural gas," VanBriesen said.
Developers using hydraulic fracturing, which involves injecting water and sand into major shale...

...ese divers harvest seaweed, shellfish and other growth from the sea bottom, diving dozens of times per day. Some divers routinely dive to depths of 90 feet on a single breath while others dive in the 15-30 foot range.
More recently, breath-hold diving has become a competitive sport. Competitive events ...

...f water that the test plants receive, simulating everything from short dry spells to persistent and severe drought conditions. The shelters measure 50 feet by 100 feet, look like greenhouses and are mobile. The researchers will move the shelters during sunny weather and cover the plants when rain approach...

...d off the light. When he turned it back on again 30 seconds later, he was surrounded by what seemed like hundreds of the squid, many just five or six feet away from him. Most were in the 3-4 foot size range, while larger ones were sometimes visible in deeper waters. But the light appeared to frighten t...

Building upon several years of research into the gecko's uncanny ability to climb sheer walls, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed an adhesive that is the first to master the easy attach and easy release of the reptile's padded feet. The material could prove usefu...

.... The exposition will feature medical manufacturers from around the world. It is held at the Miami Beach Convention Center, with over 500,000 square feet of exhibitor space. The four types of featured attendees are medical equipment, medical products, medical services and medical technology companies. ...

...$100 million-plus research facilities in California and Utah Plans to expand a controversial biopark in Massachusetts to more than 1 million square feet of space Ernst & Young’s predictions regarding the future of the bio business, as presented at the BIO 2009 conference More BIO 2009 c...

...e in skin aging. Researchers were investigating the genetic cause of a rare disorder known as cutis laxa type 2 (CL2), which causes skin on the hands, feet and face to be loose and older looking, as well as growth and developmental delays including effects on the brain. In the process, researchers found s...

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...ly after two or three days; blisters inside the mouth that lead to excessive secretion of stringy or foamy saliva and to drooling; and blisters on the feet that may rupture and cause lameness. Adult animals may suffer weight loss from which they do not recover for several months, and in cows, milk prod...

...to describe the distorted human figure drawn to reflect the relative sensory space our body parts represent on the cerebral cortex . The lips, hands, feet and sex organs are considerably more sensitive than other parts of the body, so the homunculus has grossly large lips, hands and genitals. Well known ...

...akes the skin tough and almost completely waterproof. In places where the skin is exposed to much rubbing and pressure such as parts of the hands and feet the number of cells containing keratin increases and a callus develops. Cells that contain keratin are constantly being shed and replaced by new on...

...dived to the bottom in 1960 .
Other notable deeps include Monterey Canyon , in the eastern Pacific, the Tonga Trench in the south west at 32,000 feet (9,750 meters), the Philippine trench , the Puerto Rico Trench at 8,605 m (28,232 ft), the Romanche Trench at 7,760 m (24,450 ft), Fram Basin in t...

... or impairment of proprioception may happen periodically during growth, mostly during adolescence. Possible experiences include: suddenly feeling that feet or legs are missing from your mental self-image; the need to look down at arms, hands, legs, etc. to convince yourself that they are still there; fall...

... as padding and insulation for the body.
Types
Skin can be dividided into thick and thin types. Thick skin is present on the soles of the feet and the palms of the hands. It has a larger stratum corneum with a higher keratin content. Thick skin does not grow hair; its purpose is to help grip....

Tube feet are the many small tubular projections found most famously on the oral face of a sea star's arms, but are characteristic of the water vascular system of the echinoderm phylum which also includes sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers and many other sea... tube foot n...

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